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Who was the first editor of the prominent nationalist newspaper 'Amrita Bazar Patrika'?

  1. A
    Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay
  2. B
    Sisir Kumar Ghosh
  3. C
    Girish Chandra Ghosh
  4. D
    Robert Knight

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The Amrita Bazar Patrika was established in 1868 by brothers Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh in Jessore (now in Bangladesh). Sisir Kumar Ghosh served as its inaugural editor. The journal was notable for its fierce anti-colonial stance, famously transforming from a Bengali weekly into an English newspaper overnight in 1878 to bypass the Vernacular Press Act.

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Who was the first editor of the prominent nationalist newspaper 'Amrita Bazar Patrika'?
A
Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay
B
Sisir Kumar Ghosh
C
Girish Chandra Ghosh
D
Robert Knight

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